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What did you get told as a child that you realised was a lie as you got older? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by CalciumDeficiency@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Ransack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 6 months ago (5 children)

The thing is I believe that statement is a bit misunderstood.

Calculators were already becoming pocket sized back in the day, but using it to calculate things if you don't know how to use it is where the actual problem is.

Hence the reasoning to learn how to math vs only having the device.

[–] elfin8er@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

I'm not saying I disagree, but I had a different experience.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Calculators were already becoming pocket sized back in the day…

True, but I can count on 0 hands how many people I knew carried one in their pocket.

Now if the calculator were built into a beeper, everyone would have had one.

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

or a watch!

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

it's very easy to enter wrong numbers on a calculator, but you need some basic reasoning and familiarity to know when an answer is off, and you need to start over

[–] TheWolfOfSouthEnd@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think people realised how quickly tech would advance.

[–] skulblaka@startrek.website 3 points 6 months ago

I was being fed that line in 2008 when everyone in the class did, in fact, have a calculator in their pockets

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah, in my experience "You won't carry a calculator with you everywhere you go" was what they said to justify pointless busywork.